Cotton picking machine



Aug. 11, 1942.

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(ci. ss-soi 1 Claim.

` This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines A for picking cotton. The -principal object of the present invention is to provide a cotton picking machine which will in operation serve to pick cotton without any manual effort required in the actual `picking operation.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a cotton picking machine which will be labor saving in that the cotton is pulled directly from the growing plants bysuction and discharged into bins or wagons without any direct manual assistance.

Various other important objects and ladvan tages of the invention will become apparent to the readerrof the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure l represents a top plan view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional the intake manifold.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the guide wings.

Figure 6 is a se tional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Figure 'I is a fragmentary face elevational View of a modified form of mouth for the intake manx ifold. Figure 8 isa sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure '1.V y

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 denotes a platform or bed supported by wheels 6 located at the lower ends of supporting legs 1. At the forward end of the bed 5 is a seat 8 for the driver, while at the intermediate portion of the bed 5 is a power plant generally referred to by numeral 9.

In further carrying out the present invention,

view through `flaring shell 23a. is provided,

posed and flared mouths 23, which obviously pass along opposite sides of a row of cotton plants to suck off the cotton boils. The lower ends of the leg portions of the manifold 22 are capped or otherwise closed as at 2t.

A modification of the mouths 23 is shown in Figure 7 where instead of having a plurality of mouths on each leg of the manifold 22a, a single flaring outwardly from an elongated vertical slit 25 in the corresponding leg of the manifold 22a.

U-clamps 26 secure the manifold 22 or manifold 22a to the frame 21 of the bed 5.

Rearwardly converging guide plates 28, 28 have their forward flanged edges 29 secured to the rear legs 1 and terminate at their rear edges in close proximity with the mouths 23 or the mouths 23a, in order to guide the cotton plant directly in front ofthe said mouths 23 or, 23a.

numeral IIl denotes a suction plant the impeller 'l element II of which has-a shaft I2 on which is a pulley I3. Over this pulley is trained a belt I4, which, in turn, is trained over a pulley I5 driven by the power plant 9. Thus thesuction plant III l is operated.

' The suction plant II) has an exhaust neck I6 from which extends a conduit I1 and it is preferable that this conduit be swvelly connected to the neck I6. The outer end of the conduit I1 has a downwardly disposed portion I8 terminating in a flared discharge apron I8.

Numeral 20 denotes an intake neck for the suction plant Il and this has a conduit 2| connected therewith. this conduit 2| extending forwardly from an inverted U-shaped manifold structure 22, the leg portions of which have inwardly distrailer to large cotton In the conduit 2I is a valve 30, while as shown in Figures 2 and 3, an upstanding and laterally disposed conduit 3i has a valve 32 therein. The conduit 3I is preferably swvelly connected to the conduit 2I and has a ared apron 33 at its outer end.

The conduit I1 can be swung to any position desired to reach a. trailer or wagon.

The conduit 3i can be used for sucking cotton out of a trailer when transferring cotton from a wagons or trucks. Obviously, the valves 30 and 32 are operative depending upon winch conduit is being used.

While the foregoing specication sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

what is In a cotton picking machine, a wheel supy ported platform, a suction manifold at the rear end Aof said platform of inverted U-shape and nxed to the platform in upright position to provide a pair of depending legs upon opposite sides of the line of draft, respectively, vertically spaced and -fiared suction members on the confronting sides of said legs extending laterally therefrom toward said line of draft, a suction plant on the platform forwardly of said manifold, a suction conduit extending from the top of said manifold to said plant, and a pair of vertically disposed plant defiec'ting plates depending from the bottom of said platform in front of said legs, respectively, and converging rearwardly to the outerends of said members.

THEO. FLEWELLEN. 

